This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional. The award has been given out since 2007 and since its conception, T. D. Jakes and Daymond John hold the record for most wins in this category with two each.
Winners and nominees
2000s +Award winners and finalists Year Book Author Result 2007 Mama Made the Difference Winner Finalist Shine: A Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love Finalist Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted Mo'NiqueFinalist Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances Finalist2008 Winner Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success Finalist Guide to Having Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More Finalist Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits Finalist This Year You Write Your Novel Finalist 2009 colspan="3"
2010s +Award winners and finalists Year Book Author Result 2010 Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Winner Down to Business: The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women Finalist Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Finalist Your Money or Your Life Finalist Finalist2011 Winner Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss Finalist If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too Finalist Finalist , Rhonda McLean, and Marsha HaygoodFinalist2012 T.D. JakesWinner Finalist Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing Finalist Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy and Social Justice in Classroom & Community Finalist Too Important to Fail: Saving America's Boys Finalist2013 Health First: The Black Woman's Wellness Guide Winner 12 Ways to Put Money in Your Pocket Every Month Without A Part Time Job; The Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat Finalist Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life 50 CentFinalist It's Complicated (But It Doesn't Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love Finalist Finalist2014 Winner Do I Look Like an ATM? A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African-American Children Finalist Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It) and Billie FitzpatrickFinalist Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education Finalist Finalist2015 Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life , Michèle Stephenson and Hilary BeardWinner 101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education Gwen RichardsonFinalist 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse Finalist Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean and Southern Flavors Remixed Finalist Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice and Nick ChilesFinalist2016 Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family and Caroline Randall WilliamsWinner Big Words to Little Me: Tips and Advice for the Younger Self and Jessie LeeFinalist Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom Finalist Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories Finalist Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home Finalist2017 and Daniel PaisnerWinner Green Smoothies for Life Finalist LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next Finalist Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults , Anthony Sparks, and Diana Slaughter KotzinFinalist and Douglas AbramsFinalist2018 Winner Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You Finalist Notoriously Dapper - How to Be A Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence Finalist Kristen Kish Cooking and Meredith EricksonFinalist Exponential Living - Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are and Douglas AbramsFinalist2019 Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life and Daniel PaisnerWinner Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration and Genevieve KoFinalist For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics , Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica ChambersFinalist Poised for Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond Finalist Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Finalist
2020s +Award winners and finalists Year Book Author Result 2020 Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America , by Joanna Price, foreword by Sheryl Taylor Winner Letters to the Finishers (Who Struggle to Finish) Finalist More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty Finalist Vegetables Unleashed Finalist Inspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous Finalist2021 Vegetable Kingdom Winner Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space Finalist Living Lively Finalist Finalist Finalist2022 Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) Winner Permission to Dream Finalist Finalist Teaching Black History to White People Finalist Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America Finalist2023Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and RestorationWinnerCooking from the Spirit FinalistEat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind FinalistHomecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic SelfFinalistFinalist2024Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon” Be There?” and Tre'vell AndersonWinnerEveryday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life’s Big and Small Moments and Olga MassovFinalistFlower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and HomeFinalistBadass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life RightFinalistLivable LuxeFinalist
Multiple wins and nominations Wins 2 wins T.D. Jakes Daymond John
Nominations
3 nominations T.D. Jakes
2 nominations Daymond John Tavis Smiley Bryant Terry
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